Argues that a trip to a zoo or museum should provide children with opportunities to use knowledge they have acquired in their school science classes. Reports on museum research on the conversations of visitors. Concludes that visitors need to actively work with their observations and information to turn the visit from a series of everyday…

Documents the process of the WETLANDS pilot project, an interdisciplinary environmental science curriculum that incorporates the discovery approach to learning. Includes vignettes that illustrate the powerful influence of the teacher in the classroom. (JRH)

Explains the need for scientific and technological literacy, the role of supplementary teaching materials specifically created for this purpose, and the successes and difficulties in creating teaching materials in a workshop. Concludes that science teaching today is not designed to promote literacy and does not assist students in becoming the…

Explores the current images that students have of scientists, student perceptions of science study in school, and student awareness of their use of science outside of school. Fifth grade students (N=117) were the subjects of this study that asked students to sketch scientists and school science. (DDR)

Outlines an attempt to respond to some findings from the Science Education Professional Development Project (SEPD). Discusses factors affecting teachers' views of professional development, minimal relationship between professional development activities and shifts in teacher pedagogy, and school-based professional development. (JRH)